PDM: Okay, last chapter, Misty woke up to find herself
in a prison cell, while Ash and co. searched for her. They found a trail by a
stream, but when they went back to the Pokecenter to find a water pokemon, it
was closed, so they used the time to take a rest. Chris and Duplica had to
share a couch! :)
M: Sheesh. Do you think you could at least try to
keep it an AAMRN?
PDM: Not a chance. I lead a rich fantasy life.
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- 12:00 in the afternoon. 12 hours remain. -
Brock woke up, yawning. "What time is it?"
"Looks like we overslept!" Suzie said, sitting up.
"Better wake the others."
"You wake Ash. This isn't going to be pretty."
So Suzie walked over to wake up Duplica and me, while Brock went and shook Ash.
"Wha- what time is it?" I moaned.
"You're the one wearing a watch!" Duplica retorted.
"Oh, right." I looked at my watch. "What? That can't be right. This says it's 12:00!"
"12:00! WHAT?" Ash shouted from his couch where Brock had awakened him.
"I guess that's what happens when we stay out as late as we did and have as much stress as we did." Suzie said, shrugging.
"WE GOTTA HURRY!" Ash shouted.
"You're right! Let's go find Nurse Joy!" I said.
We found Nurse Joy in the back room, and when we explained our problem to her, she said she'd go back and get us a Lapras. "But you guys have to eat first! You look famished!"
"Ash, don't even start." I said, looking over at him. "We're all concerned about Misty, but the fact stands that we have to be strong when we go look for her."
Ash looked about ready to explode when his stomach rumbled. He laughed sheepishly. "Uh, yeah. Heh-heh."
So we had a breakfast (or was it lunch?) of stew while Nurse Joy found a Lapras. One hour later, we were all finished and heading out the door with a Lapras in its pokeball.
- 2:00 in the afternoon. 10 hours remain. -
We finally arrived at the river. Ash called out the Lapras, I called out Marill, and we set off on Lapras' back, following Marill in the water. It was a long trip, and I snapped a few pictures while we sailed on Lapras' back.
- 4:00 in the afternoon. 8 hours remain. -
We had been sailing for quite a while, almost two hours, and everyone was getting bored. But suddenly, Marill stopped, and we almost crashed into him. He was twitching his little ears like crazy, and we watched him. Finally, he jumped out of the water and gestured excitedly.
We got off Lapras and recalled him. Then we followed Marill, who ran off. Eventually, we came to a mountain. There was a small tunnel going through it. Marill ran up to the entrance of the tunnel and squeaked "Marill mar!"
I recalled him, and we started walking through the tunnel, knowing we were getting closer to Misty. It started getting darker in the tunnel as we walked, and soon it was pitch-black. Suddenly, a light blazed on in front of us. It was a Team Rocket guard! He blinked in shock at the sight of us, and then yelled for help.
We could do nothing as we were surrounded, although I saw Ash quickly do something to his hair.
They dragged us off, taking our pokeballs. As we were dragged deeper into the tunnel, one of the Rockets snickered, "Guess your rescue attempt failed!"
- 6:00 in the evening. 6 hours remain. -
We had been thrown into a prison cell and a guard had been posted in front of our door. It was mostly a symbolic gesture, though, because we had no way of getting out. We were all pretty depressed. The deadline of midnight was ticking closer, and we were in an even worse fix than before. But then Ash smiled and gestured us all to move in closer. He put a hand up to his hair and pulled out a pokeball!
"Huh?" I whispered. "Where'd that come from?"
"Right before the Rocket guards dragged us off, I concealed it in my hair. It's Rhyhorn. With him, we can make our escape and go find Misty!" Ash whispered back.
"Good plan! We'll just have to wait till Ugly out there goes to eat." Duplica whispered.
So we decided to wait a little while and see if he left.
- 8:00 at night. 4 hours remain. -
The guard finally left. I looked at my watch and reminded everyone that we only had 4 hours left. Then Ash called Rhyhorn out and commanded him to smash the door down. Rhyhorn obeyed immediately, knocking down the door and part of the wall with it. Then Ash returned Rhyhorn to his pokeball and we started running, trying to find where Misty was. We knew we only had a little time, because when the guard returned, he'd notice our escape and sound the alarm.
"How the heck are we supposed to find anything in here?" panted Brock.
"I have no idea." I replied.
Then we rounded a corner and stopped dead. Two Rockets were walking right in front of us, and we had almost collided with them. Luckily, their backs were turned to us, so we managed to all scramble out of sight before they saw us. As they walked past, we were able to hear what they were saying.
"So the girl's gonna be poisoned at 12:30 tonight?"
"Yep."
"What if they come up with the money?"
"What do you think, stupid?"
"They'll release the girl?"
"Uh, NO! They'll just poison her anyway! That way people will know to not mess with Team Rocket!"
"Oh, yeah! Sounds good!"
They walked off further down the hall and turned a corner, still talking. We just sat there in shock for a few minutes, appalled at what we had heard.
"Okay, that settles it. We've GOTTA find Misty fast!" Ash whispered.
So, again, we ran off, hoping to find where she was being kept, somehow. We rounded yet another completely identical corner and ran straight into the same two Rockets that had passed us by earlier.
"Wha?"
"Intruders! Sound the alarm!"
"Run, everyone!" Brock shouted.
All the noise had attracted other Rocket members to the area, though, and we couldn't escape. We were surrounded and taken off to a empty room with only one door. They searched us a lot more thoroughly than last time, and managed to find Ash's Rhyhorn. They snickered as they closed the door on us and locked it. Then we heard them setting at least five guards outside. Our last chance had been blown. There was no hope left. Misty was as good as dead.
- 12:00 at night. 30 minutes remain. -
We had been locked in that room for about four hours, and no grand solution had presented itself. Presently, Ash was sitting in a corner with his head in his hands, and everyone else was scattered around the room. I went over and sat down next to him. He looked up, and I could tell he had been crying.
"What's going to happen now, Chris?" he asked of me. "Misty's going to be poisoned in half an hour, and then they'll probably get rid of us, too!"
"Ash, we can't lose hope."
"He's right, Ashy boy." Duplica said, walking over to us. "As long as we have hope, there's still a chance."
Just then, out in the corridor, we heard a muted bang and saw a flash of light through the crack underneath the door. Then the door slowly started to open.
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PDM: So who is
the person opening the door? What will come of this? There are only thirty
minutes left!
M: You know, I could have sworn I've seen that
kind of thing, " - 12:00 in the morning. Thirty minutes remain. -", somewhere
else...
PDM: *sweatdrops* Uh, no, you didn't!
